1.The Commission shall be assisted by a coordination committee of the Funds (hereinafter referred to as the Coordination Committee of the Funds).
2.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
3.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period referred to in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
4.The Coordination Committee of the Funds shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
5.The EIB and the EIF shall each appoint a non-voting representative.
1.The Commission shall be assisted by a committee set up under Article 147 of the Treaty (hereinafter referred to as the Committee). The Committee shall be composed of one government representative, one representative of the workers' organisations and one representative of the employers' organisations from each Member State. The Member of the Commission responsible for chairing the Committee may delegate that responsibility to a senior Commission official.
2.Each Member State shall nominate a representative and an alternate for each representative of each category referred to in paragraph 1. In the absence of one member, the alternate shall be automatically entitled to take part in the proceedings.
3.The members and alternates shall be appointed by the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, for a period of three years. They may be reappointed. The Council shall, as regards the composition of the Committee, endeavour to ensure fair representation of the different categories concerned. For the items on the agenda affecting it, the EIB and the EIF may appoint a non-voting representative.
4.The Committee shall:
(a)deliver its opinion on the implementing rules of this Regulation;
(b)deliver opinions on the draft Commission decisions relating to programming in the case of support from the ESF;
(c)be consulted when it deals with the categories of technical assistance measure referred to in Article 45 in the case of support from the ESF and other relevant issues having an impact on the implementation of employment, training and social inclusion strategies at EU level relevant to the ESF.
5.The Commission may consult the Committee on questions other than those referred to in paragraph 4.
6.For their adoption, the opinions of the Committee shall require an absolute majority of the votes validly cast. The Commission shall inform the Committee of the manner in which it has taken account of its opinions.